Ocean 220 Writing
Serious Humor

Things to keep in mind as you write:

  • Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
  • Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
  • And don't start a sentence with a conjunctive.
  • It is wrong to ever split and infinitive.
  • Avoid cliches like the plague - they are old hat.
  • Also, always avoid annoying alliteration and reiteration.
  • Be more or less specific about it.
  • Parenthetical remarks (however appropriate) are (usually) unnecessary.
  • Also too, never use repetitive redundancies.
  • No sentence fragments.
  • Contractions aren't necessary and shouldn't be used.
  • Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.
  • Do not be redundant; do not use more words than you have to; it is highly superfluous.
  • Don't use no double negatives.
  • Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.
  • One word sentences? Eliminate.
  • One sentence paragraphs? No!
  • Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.
  • Eliminate commas, that are, not necessary.
  • Never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
  • Kill all exclamation points!!!!!!!
  • Use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.
  • Understatement is always the absolutely best way to put forth earth-shattering ideas.
  • Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Emerson once stated "I hate quotations - tell me what you know."
  • If you have heard it once, you have heard it a million times - resist hyperbole: not one writer in a million can use it correctly.
  • Puns are for children, not groan readers.
  • Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.
  • Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.
  • Who needs retorical questions?
  • Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
  • I ain't never made but one mistake in english and when I see'd that I done it I went back and I do'ed it over again.
  • And finally, proffread carefully to see if you any words out.